During the Cold war, ‘’’Operation Nougat’’’ was a series of thirty-two nuclear tests conducted (with one exception) at the Nevada Test Site during the 1962 Fiscal Year. The individual blasts were:
Test Name
Date
Location
Yield
Note
Shrew’' 16 September 1961 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Boomer’' 10 October 1961 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Chena’' 29 October 1961 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Mink’' 29 October 1961 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Fisher’' 3 December 1961 Nevada Test Site 13.4 kilotons
Gnome’' 10 December 1961 Carlsbad, New Mexico 3 kilotons Op Plowshare
Mad’' 13 December 1961 Nevada Test Site 500 tons
Ringtail’' 17 December 1961 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
’’Feather’’ 22 December 1961 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Stoat’' 9 January, 1962 Nevada Test Site 5.1 kilotons
Agouti’' 18 January, 1962 Nevada Test Site 6.4 kilotons
Dormouse’' 30 January, 1962 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Stillwater’' 8 February, 1962 Nevada Test Site 3.07 kilotons
Armadillo’' 9 February, 1962 Nevada Test Site 7.1 kilotons
Hardhat’' 15 February 1962 Nevada Test Site 5.7 kilotons
Chinchilla’' 19 February, 1962 Nevada Test Site 1.9 kilotons
Codsaw’' 19 February, 1962 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Cimarron’' 23 February, 1962 Nevada Test Site 11.9 kilotons
Platypus’' 24 February, 1962 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Pampas’' 1 March, 1962 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Danny Boy’' 5 March, 1962 Nevada Test Site 430 tons
Ermine’' 6 March, 1962 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Brazos’' 8 March, 1962 Nevada Test Site 8.4 Kilotons
Hognose’' 15 March, 1962 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Hoosix’' 28 March, 1962 Nevada Test Site 3.4 Kiltons
Chinchilla II’' 31 March, 1962 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Dormouse II’' 5 April, 1962 Nevada Test Site 10.6 Kilotons
Passaic’' 6 April, 1962 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Hudson’' 12 April, 1962 Nevada Test Site ’Low’
Platte’' 14 April, 1962 Nevada Test Site 1.85 Kilotons
Dead’' 21 April, 1962 Nevada Test Site ’Low’